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		atom_arranger on June 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Challenges in the diagnosis of magnesium status The idea being that maybe our selective breeding has already had a negative affect in terms of nutrient content. So if we’ve messed things up with selective breeding we could be similarly messing things up with genetic modification.

jonnycomputer on June 28, 2021 [–]

The drop in magnesium levels is related primarily to depletion in over-worked farmland.

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